The official finish of Texas Longhorns redshirt junior offensive lineman Isaiah Hookfin’s soccer profession on the Forty Acres is within the works, head coach Steve Sarkisian confirmed on Wednesday on the Texas Fight Tour in Dallas.
At a @TexasExes occasion in Dallas, Texas HC Steve Sarkisian offered an replace on whether or not OL Isaiah Hookfin, who was in an offseason motorbike accident, will probably be placed on medical scholarship:
“He will not be available this fall. It’s getting finalized for that to be the case.”
— Joe Cook (@josephcook89) May 12, 2022
Hookfin didn’t take part in spring apply after fracturing eight ribs, breaking his collarbone and forearm, and lacerating his spleen in a December motorbike accident that left him believing that his helmet saved his life.
Shoutout @LS2HelmetsUS had a serious motorbike accident fractured 8 ribs broke, my collar bone, forearm, and lacerated my spleen however my head got here again in a single piece with the helmet barely wanting broken. That helmet might be the one purpose I’m alive. pic.twitter.com/lKHuOYLhD5
— Hook (@IsaiahHookfin) December 2, 2021
A late-rising prospect within the 2019 recruiting class, Hookfin’s contentious recruitment between Baylor and Texas, which included Hookfin pushing aside a deliberate dedication to the Bears on Early Signing Day, in the end ended with the Fort Bend Dulles product signing with the Longhorns on the finish of the early signing interval.
Hookfin completed the cycle as a consensus four-star prospect ranked because the No. 250 participant nationally and the No. 21 offensive sort out, in keeping with the 247Sports Composite rankings. Considered a developmental prospect, Hookfin redshirted in 2019 earlier than competing for a beginning job in preseason camp as a redshirt freshman. Unfortunately for Hookfin, he then suffered the primary main setback of his Texas profession, as a shoulder damage restricted him to 1 sport and finally required surgical procedure. When he returned in 2021, he appeared within the sport in opposition to Rice, however wasn’t in a position to emerge as a rotation participant previous to his motorbike accident.
With the news of Isaiah Hookfin’s pending medical retirement, Texas bought 4 appearances and one begin out of the three 2019 offensive line signees, a bunch that additionally included top-60 prospect Tyler Johnson and four-star Javonne Shepherd.
The attrition charge for the whole class is fairly unbelievable, as nicely. Of the 26 signees within the No. 3-ranked class, solely 5 are set to start out preseason camp with the Horns — operating again Roschon Johnson, vast receiver Jordan Whittington, tight finish Brayden Liebrock, defensive sort out T’Vondre Sweat, and linebacker David Gbenda.
Texas now sits at 83 scholarship gamers for the 2022 season.
